Harvard Art Museums > 1931.55: Textile Fragment Textile Arts Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Textile Fragment (Unidentified Artist) , 1931.55,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 21, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/215212. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1931.55 People Unidentified Artist Title Textile Fragment Classification Textile Arts Work Type textile Date c. 1500 Places Creation Place: Europe, Spain, Toledo Culture Hispano-Moorish Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/215212 Physical Descriptions Medium Silk Technique Lampas Dimensions 91.4 x 43.2 cm (36 x 17 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1931 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Paul J. Sachs Accession Year 1931 Object Number 1931.55 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Textile fragment with a Mudejar pattern depicting the Tree of Life and lions on a red ground. Repeat pattern of "pairs of lanceolate leaves with their stems joined to form a small arch, the leaves sweeping outward, curving downward and then turning inward, their lengthened tips meeting and rising within the centre of a triangular enclosure. The merged leaf tips become a conventional palmette, at the base of which are plant forms. At each side of the palmette, which is intended to represent the tree of life, are crowned lions". (See Fig. 116, p. 184 of "Silk Textiles of Spain" by Florence Lewis May. Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
